Ancient Tones is an album by Ricky Skaggs and Kentucky Thunder, released through Skaggs Family Records on January 26, 1999. In 2000, the album won the group the Grammy Award for Best Bluegrass Album.
Track listing
"Walls of Time" (Monroe, Rowan) – 4:18
"Lonesome Night" (Stanley) – 3:32
"How Mountain Girls Can Love" (Rakes, Stanley) – 2:00
"Mighty Dark to Travel" (Monroe) – 2:35
"Carolina Mountain Home" (Scarborough, Wright) – 2:08
"Connemara" (Skaggs) – 3:11
"Coal Minin' Man" (Mills) – 3:51
"I Believed in You Darlin'" (Monroe) – 3:00
"Pig in a Pen" (traditional) – 1:58
"Give Us Rain" (Foster) – 3:54
"Boston Boy" (traditional) – 2:30
"Little Bessie" (traditional) – 8:23
Personnel
Tony Baker – Photography
Tye Bellar – Engineer, Mixing
Paul Brewster – Guitar (Rhythm), Tenor (Vocal) Don Cobb – Mastering John Cowan – Tenor (Vocal) Jerry Douglas – Guitar Stuart Duncan – Fiddle Mark Fain – Bass Bobby Hicks – Fiddle Mary Alice Hoepfinger – Harp Brent King – Engineer, Mixing
Graham Lewis – Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing
Jim Mills – Banjo
Denny Purcell – Mastering
R. Rakes – Composer
Al Schulman – Mixing
Jim Sherraden – Artwork, Layout Design
Ricky Skaggs – Guitar, Mandolin, Vocals, Producer, Bodhran
Chris Stone – Assistant Engineer
Bryan Sutton – Guitar
Darrin Vincent – Vocals, Baritone (Vocal) King Williams – Engineer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing